Part E- what is causing your patient\'s hypokalemia? comymyct/temview assignment

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Part E- what is causing your patient's hypokalemia?

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Reasons for low potassium levels in the body (hypokalemia)?

Hypokalemia is not commonly caused by poor dietary intake.

The most common reason that potassium levels fall is due to the loss from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the kidney.

Potassium loss from the GI tract may be caused by:

Causes of potassium loss from the kidney:

Low potassium levels may result from side effects of some medications:

But in the given case potassium levels are low in the urine , so we can’t consider the loss of potassium from the kidney . It must be lost from gastrointestinal tract.

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